tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post3970161376465074810..comments2023-11-03T09:12:36.488-04:00Comments on Just Making Our Way: We have a saying in my familyjustmakingourwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01410133602131763514noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-1837122327334481422010-06-09T01:16:46.666-04:002010-06-09T01:16:46.666-04:00Get that kid a blog.Get that kid a blog.Kate Coveny Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006589284938683965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-91074747772535805722010-06-06T23:27:33.810-04:002010-06-06T23:27:33.810-04:00I have to agree, I was a bit of a liar too. I thi...I have to agree, I was a bit of a liar too. I think it's a sign of a fabulous imagination. Course that doesn't mean it won't drive you bat shit crazy.anymommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17870033179328734404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-75380988644804712632010-06-05T04:11:59.238-04:002010-06-05T04:11:59.238-04:00i like Cheryl's reply :)i like Cheryl's reply :)Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699674732274478502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-5040131351790979422010-06-04T23:06:09.656-04:002010-06-04T23:06:09.656-04:00Also, I just noticed my shout-out on your home pag...Also, I just noticed my shout-out on your home page for the Sunshine Award. Yippee! Thanks! =>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-36971646584915751442010-06-04T23:04:45.000-04:002010-06-04T23:04:45.000-04:00Let me know if anything else works for you. Lollip...Let me know if anything else works for you. Lollipop told her first lie recently (about me letting her eat chocolate for breakfast!). At least that's a lie I can get behind, well, if only it weren't, you know, a lie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-62305007419482584912010-06-02T16:41:57.138-04:002010-06-02T16:41:57.138-04:00Probably when you do some research you'll find...Probably when you do some research you'll find out this isn't that uncommon. I've heard a few anecdotes like this from other parents of kids his age.<br /><br />Now I'm NOT comparing the lad to grown-up compulsive liars, but I've known a couple of those. When you observe that behavior in an adult (and you know they're lying, which is mostly only in hindsight), you see that they do it for the initial reaction, with a complete disregard of the obvious consequences. I had a friend tell me that some friends of hers would drop off some furniture they didn't want while they moved to a new apartment; every time I called to see where they were she told me "they just got the truck" or "they only just now finished packing" when in fact she had told them I didn't want the furniture and they could dump it on the street.<br /><br />I ended the friendship, and I'm still baffled by the behavior: each successive answer was useful <i>only</i> for the length of that phone call.<br /><br />I think 1) WB is not actually in danger of pimping out furniture that doesn't exist, and 2) your instincts are correct: routinely confronting him with the consequences will teach him the difference between reality and fake-o reality. Sounds to me like he's already halfway there.<br /><br />I'm wondering if we'll be dealing with the same issue down the road. My guy's only been doing full sentences for a few months, and some of them have been patently false. "I see moo!" or "I see a bus!" or "I see fire tuck!" when no fire truck, bus or moon are in evidence. And I haven't gotten any apologies.Octopunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948127593611773731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-34055960380653086212010-06-02T15:28:09.155-04:002010-06-02T15:28:09.155-04:00I'm with Carolyn. Sounds like he's stretch...I'm with Carolyn. Sounds like he's stretching a fantastic imagination...though I suppose it can reach some frustrating levels.for a different kind of girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431273646365489225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-56625585399981631012010-06-02T14:54:52.725-04:002010-06-02T14:54:52.725-04:00Only kids with a really great sense of imagination...Only kids with a really great sense of imagination can just randomly make shit up on the fly. Maybe he's going to be a writer. Like his mom.Carolyn...Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627167557544033888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-51055877806454026632010-06-02T06:05:17.878-04:002010-06-02T06:05:17.878-04:00Eek! While your patience has got to be wearing thi...Eek! While your patience has got to be wearing thin, the gem in all of this is that when you call him on his bull, he apologizes. No advice from this quarter but I'd be a heck of a lot more worried if he defended his position.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843459906469325667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-48154786373377360182010-06-01T22:48:15.494-04:002010-06-01T22:48:15.494-04:00I was a horrible liar when I was a kid. Now? I can...I was a horrible liar when I was a kid. Now? I can't lie at all. Imagine how great he'll be in later life...Logical Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00107961721466815295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516634541486887962.post-33339290638496708922010-06-01T22:41:16.474-04:002010-06-01T22:41:16.474-04:00This is not going to help you exactly, but my sist...This is not going to help you exactly, but my sister did the exact same thing when she was about six or seven. She started making up stories, just little things at first, but then slowly they became more elaborate plots and I remember one or two involving school and questions over things that turned out not to have happened. My parents could not figure out why my sister did this at the time. I think it probably was attention seeking, mixed with a little bit of over-imaginative thinking.<br /><br />All I can tell you, which hopefully is a comfort, is that it was just a phase, she grew out of it and I don't remember it lasting for very long.<br /><br />I do think though that at the time my mother should have addressed it head on with my sister and have tried to find out, through talking to her, why it was she felt the need to weave such elaborate webs. Good luck in your endeavors to do so with your son. As you are a great Mom I know you will work through it.One Photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05793386254564806126noreply@blogger.com